Post Offices 1833 - 1986
by Alan H. Patera & John S. Gallagher
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| Cedar County, Iowa Post Offices 1833 - 1986 by Alan H. Patera & John S. Gallagher
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| POST OFFICE | ESTABLISHED | DISCONTINUED WITH NOTES |
| Apollo | 17 Jun 1858 | 17 Sep 1859 |
| Batespark | 7 Sep 1898 | rescinded 26 Sep 1898 |
| Batesport | 6 Jul 1898 | rescinded 24 Aug 1898 |
| Bennett | 30 Jan 1885 | still in operation |
| Brick House | 10 Aug 1865 | 16 Oct 1866 |
| Buchanan | 11 Jun 1887 | 31 Dec 1942 - mail routed to Tipton |
| Cedar | 19 Sep 1853 | 20 Feb 1863 |
| Cedar Bluff (formerly Gower's Ferry, Cedar River) | 30 Dec 1859 | 31 Oct 1953 - mail routed to Tipton |
| Cedar River | 24 Jun 1841 | 27 Feb 1847 |
| Cedar River, re-established | 27 Mar 1848 | 2 Jul 1849 - name changed to Gower's Ferry |
| Cedar Valley | 17 Sep 1885 | 15 Aug 1930 - mail routed to West Branch |
| Centredale | 1 Mar 1871 | 23 Oct 1884 - name changed to Centerdale |
| Centerdale | 24 Oct 1884 | 15 Nov 1949 - mail routed to West Liberty, Muscatine County |
| Cessford | 12 Mar 1867 | 26 Jun 1871 - mail routed to Tipton |
| Clarence (formerly Onion Grove, Union Grove) | 2 Apr 1862 | still in operation |
| Downey | 11 Apr 1857 | 17 May 1957 - mail routed to West Branch |
| Durant (formerly Centre Grove and in Muscatine County) | 13 Feb 1857 | still in operation |
| Gower's Ferry (formerly Cedar River) | 3 Jul 1849 | 29 Dec 1859 - name changed to Cedar Bluff |
| Gower's Ferry, re-established | 2 Feb 1870 | 8 Jan 1877 - mail routed to Morse, Johnson County |
| Harwell | 30 Oct 1854 | 21 Jul 1862 |
| Honey Grove | 28 Sep 1854 | 23 Dec 1858 |
| Inland | 30 Jul 1852 | 22 Jan 1886 - mail routed to Bennett |
| Lactin | 19 Dec 1851 | 16 Mar 1857 |
| Lime City (formerly Munn) | 18 Jan 1894 | 31 Oct 1905 - mail routed to Wilton Junction, Muscatine County |
| Lithgow | 18 Feb 1860 | 3 May 1861 |
| Lowden | 25 Jan 1858 | 10 Oct 1859 |
| Lowden re-established | 14 Dec 1859 | still in operation |
| Massillon, first established in Clinton County. | 1 Aug 1844 | 12 Sep 1853 - name changed to Toronto, Clinton County |
| Massillon (Cedar Co.), re-established | 30 Jan 1854 | 13 Jun 1865 - mail routed to Lowden |
| Massillon, re-established | 8 Apr 1867 | 31 Dec 1958 - name changed to Rural (station) Branch of Lowden |
| Massillon Rural (Station) Branch | 1 Jan 1959 | 16 Jun 1967 - mail routedto Lowden |
| Mechanicsville (formerly Pioneer Grove) | 21 May 1858 | still in operation |
| Munn | 24 Dec 1883 | 17 Jan 1894 - name changed to Lime City |
| Onion Grove (formerly Union Grove) | 18 Nov 1854 | 1 Apr 1862 - name changed to Clarence |
| Pedee | 28 Feb 1845 | 30 Nov 1859 |
| Pedee re-established | 7 Dec 1859 | 30 Sep 1890 - mail routed to Springdale |
| Pioneer Grove | 29 Jan 1847 | 20 May 1858 - name changed to Mechanicsville |
| Plato | 8 Jan 1885 | 15 Aug 1919 - mail routed to West Branch |
| Pleasant Hill | 24 Jul 1855 | 2 Jan 1861 |
| Pleasant Hill re-established | 19 Feb 1861 | 6 Feb 1879 - mail routed to Rochester |
| Pleasant Hill re-established | 5 Mar 1879 | 19 Jan 1880 - mail routed to Tipton |
| Pleasant Hill re-established | 9 Mar 1880 | 8 Aug 1882 - mail routed to Sugar Creek Mills |
| Red Oak | 6 Oct 1853 | 12 Mar 1871 - name changed to Shiloh |
| Rochester (formerly Rock Creek) | 20 Mar 1854 | 15 Jun 1903 - mail routed to Tipton |
| Rock Creek, Dubuque County, Wisconsin Territory | 19 Jul 1837 | 19 Mar 1854 - name changed to Rochester |
| Rosette | 15 May 1855 | 30 Dec 1868 - mail routed to Lowden |
| Shiloh (formerly Red Oak) | 13 Mar 1871 | 5 Aug 1875 - mail routed to Tipton |
| Shiloh re-established | 20 Sep 1875 | 15 Mar 1890 - mail routed to Stanwood |
| Side Hill | 18 Feb 1860 | 16 Sep 1861 |
| Side Hill re-established | 19 May 1862 | 5 Jan 1863 |
| Spring Dale | 20 Oct 1851 | in the 1870's name changed to Springdale |
| Springdale | in the 1870's | 15 Sep 1933 - mail routed to West Liberty, Muscatine County |
| Stanwood | 5 Mar 1869 | still in operation |
| Sugar Creek (formerly Sugar Creek Mills) | 21 Jun 1883 | 1 Feb 1887 - mail routed to Wilton Junction, Muscatine County |
| Sugar Creek Mills | 19 Jan 1874 | 20 Jun 1883 - name changed to Sugar Creek |
| Sunbury | 29 Sep 1892 | 23 Jun 1976 - mail routed to Wilton, Muscatine County |
| Tipton | 23 Jul 1840 | still operating |
| Union Grove | 10 May 1854 | 17 Nov 1854 - name changed to Onion Grove |
| Wald | 28 Apr 1896 | 14 May 1898 - mail routed to Stanwood |
| West Branch | 4 Apr 1854 | still in operation |
| ** officially spelled Westbranch | 1 Dec 1895 | about 1905 |
| Woodbridge | 7 Apr 1846 | 21 Jan 1869 - mail routed to Tipton |
| Woodbridge re-established | 12 Feb 1886 | 9 Aug 1887 - mail routed to Tipton |
| Yankee Grove | 21 Oct 1852 | 10 May 1854 |
| York Prairie | 15 Apr 1863 | 19 Feb 1873 - mail routed to Tipton |
| Zoar | 1 Jul 1864 | 7 Nov 1871 - mail routed to Oasis, Johnson County |